State v. Tucker

Littlejohn, Justice:

The defendant-appellant, Lonnie Lee Tucker, was convicted by a jury of violating § 56-5-2910, Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), which reads as follows:

“§ 56-5-2910. Reckless homicide; penalties; revocation of driver’s license.

When the death of any person ensues within one year as a proximate result of injury received by the driving of any vehicle in reckless disregard of the safety of others, the person so operating such vehicle shall be guilty of reckless homicide.

He has appealed the conviction, submitting two questions for consideration to this court as a basis for…